Abstract: Contains correspondence, writings, scrapbooks and clippings. Correspondents include Japanese author Yoné Noguchi and editor
Frank Putnam, as well a letter or two from his many fellow authors. Writings include journals and notebooks, poems, autobiography
entitled
Confessions of a Reformed Poet and collection of poems by Stoddard put together by Ina Coolbrith following his death.

Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English

Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head
of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94270-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The
Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright
owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.

Charles Warren Stoddard papers at the University of Notre Dame Archives.

Separated Material

Pictorial materials including original drawings by Isobel Field, Toby E. Rosenthal, Edgar A. P. Newsomb, Henry Chapman Ford,
Austin Strong, Joseph Strong and others (in pen, water color and pencil), made for or collected by Charles Warren Stoddard,
and photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library. (BANC PIC 1954.011 AX)

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1843-1909

Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1843-1909--Correspondence

Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1843-1909--Diaries

Noguchi, Yoné, 1875-1947--Correspondence

Putnam, Frank Arthur, 1868--Correspondence

Authors, American--Correspondence

Manuscripts for publication

Poems

Harte, Bret, 1836-1902

Coolbrith, Ina D. (Ina Donna), 1842?-1928

Norris, Thomas W. (Thomas Wayne). Thomas W. Norris collection

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The Collection of Charles Warren Stoddard Papers were given to and/or purchased by The Bancroft Library at various times with
the most recent being in 2007. Some folders are annotated with information with respect to provenance. Most of the original
materials were acquired in the T.W. Norris Collection in 1954.

Accruals

No additions are expected.

Processing Information

Re-processed by Alison E. Bridger in 2006.

Biographical Information

Charles Warren Stoddard was born on August 7, 1843, in Rochester, New York. In 1855, his family moved to San Francisco. Two
years later, Stoddard went back to New York with his older invalid brother. After his return to San Francisco in 1859, he
attended school for a time but soon left his schooling to clerk in a bookstore. It was there that he first began writing verses,
contributing them to the local newspapers. After the establishment of the
Overland Monthly, Stoddard became one of its main standbys, and his poetry appeared in almost every number.

He became better known, however, as a writer of prose, particularly for his sketches picturing the beauty of the South Seas.
In 1864, he made the first of his several voyages there, and this resulted in the publication of
South Sea Idyls in 1873. In 1873 also, he went abroad as special correspondent for the
San Francisco Chronicle, traveling in Europe, Asia and Africa.

He became a Roman Catholic in 1867 and in 1884 began a teaching career as professor of English literature at the University
of Notre Dame in Indiana. In 1889 he took the chair of English literature at the newly founded Catholic University of America
in Washington, D.C. and taught there until 1902.

He then moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, intending to devote himself to creative work. An almost fatal illness sent him
back to California, however, and he settled in Monterey in 1905. It was there that he died in April 1909.

Among his better known works, in addition to the
South Sea Idyls, are
The Lepers of Molokai, (1885);
A Cruise Under the Crescent, (1898
); In the Footprints of the Padres, (1902);
For the Pleasure of His Company, (1903); and
The Island of Tranquil Delights, (1904).

Scope and Content of Collection

Contains correspondence, writings, scrapbooks and clippings. Correspondents include Japanese author Yoné Noguchi and editor
Frank Putnam, as well a letter or two from his many fellow authors. Writings include journals and notebooks, poems, autobiography
entitled
Confessions of a Reformed Poet and collection of poems by Stoddard put together by Ina Coolbrith following his death.

Contains a small amount of letters written by Charles Warren Stoddard. For letters to Ina Coolbrith see BANC MSS 70/108; to
Yoné Noguchi see BANC MSS 71/39; to Frank Putnam see BANC MSS 82/2.

Box 1, Folder 1

Bank of San Jose1907

Box 1, Folder 1

Beard, John L.1901

Box 1, Folder 1

Biven, Mille S., Mrs.1906

Box 1, Folder 2

Brown, F. F.1887, 1889

Coolbrith, Ina and niece Ina L. Cook

Scope and Content Note

SEE: BANC MSS 70/108

Box 1, Folder 1

Cooper, Sarah B.1882

Box 1, Folder 1

English, Thomas Dunn1901

Box 1, Folder 1

Gibson, ?1884

Box 1, Folder 3

Gleason, Joseph M., Rev.1893-1895

Box 1, Folder 1

Gross, ?1894

Box 1, Folder 1

Hardy, W. B.1887

Box 1, Folder 4

Mackay, Robert1903 Sept. 18

Noguchi, Yoné

Scope and Content Note

SEE: BANC MSS 71/39

Box 1, Folder 1

Pease, Lute1907

Putnam, Frank

Scope and Content Note

SEE: BANC MSS 82/2

Box 1, Folder 1

Thomas, Gus1893

Box 1, Folder 5

Sutherland, Howard1901-1905, undated

Box 1, Folder 1

unknown recipient, incomplete letterundated

Box 1, Folder 6

My Dear Bliss1900 Jan. 11

Subseries 1.2
Incoming1867-1909

Physical Description:
Box 1, folders 7-19

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Content Note

Contains a small amount of incoming correspondence from various friends and fellow authors. The largest amount of correspondence
here is from Japanese author Yoné Noguchi. For correspondence from Ina Coolbrith to Stoddard see BANC MSS 70/108.

Box 1, Folder 7

Aiken, Charles Sedgwick1907

Box 1, Folder 7

Armes, Ethel Marieundated

Box 1, Folder 7

Ballard, Robert1904-1907

Box 1, Folder 7

Bell, Mary1896

Box 1, Folder 7

Blake, Marie1908

Box 1, Folder 8

Clark, Susie C.1906-1907

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne

Scope and Content Note

SEE: Twain, Mark

Box 1, Folder 8

Cole, Frederick W.1906

Coolbrith, Ina

Scope and Content Note

SEE: BANC MSS 70/108

Box 1, Folder 8

Crabtree, Lotta Mignon1892

Box 1, Folder 8

Crawford, Harold1906, 1908

Box 1, Folder 8

Dorgan, Frederick J.1907

Box 1, Folder 8

Drake, James F.1907

Box 1, Folder 8

Du Bois, George1906

Box 1, Folder 9

Eaton, Roseundated

Box 1, Folder 9

Field, Isabel (Osbourne)1893, 1900

Box 1, Folder 9

Fletcher, Londa1907

Box 1, Folder 9

Frabasilis, Josephine (Countess of Castelvechio)1908

Box 1, Folder 9

Garnett, Porter1907

Scope and Content Note

includes manuscript of "The Sea" by Frederick M. Clapp

Box 1, Folder 9

Gilman, Daniel Coit1900

Box 1, Folder 9

Guiney, Louise Imogen1900

Box 1, Folder 10

Hansel, Howell1906-1907

Box 1, Folder 10

Hardy, Iza Duffus1906

Box 1, Folder 10

Harte, Bretundated

Scope and Content Note

ALSO AVAILABLE ON MICROFILM (BANC FILM 2693)

Box 1, Folder 10

Hatton, Joshua (pseudonym Guy Roslyn)1908

Box 1, Folder 10

Hobart, Clara1907

Box 1, Folder 10

Hopper, James1907

Box 1, Folder 11

Kipling, Rudyard1892

Box 1, Folder 11

Kline, Burton1905-1907

Box 1, Folder 11

Kuge, Issio1905-1909

Box 1, Folder 11

Landers, John1908

Box 1, Folder 11

Lightner, Elizabeth Gray1906

Box 1, Folder 12

McComb, Johnundated

Box 1, Folder 12

McGorgee, Ned1901

Box 1, Folder 12

Mackay, Robert1904

Box 1, Folder 12

MacKaye, Arthur L.1905

Box 1, Folder 12

MacKaye, Percy1905-1908

Box 1, Folder 12

Mason, M. Louise1907

Box 1, Folder 12

Maynard, ?1908

Box 1, Folder 12

Miller, Joaquin1900

Box 1, Folder 12

Morrow, Lydia (Houghton)1905

Box 1, Folder 13

National Institute of Arts and Letters1905

Box 1, Folder 13

Nicholson, Meredith1908

Box 1, Folder 13

Noguchi, Leonie (Gilmour)1906

Box 1, Folder 14

Noguchi, Yoné1897, 1900-1907

Scope and Content Note

ALSO SEE: BANC MSS 71/39

Box 1, Folder 13

O'Conner, Corrine1906

Box 1, Folder 13

O'Neil, Nance1905-1907, undated

Box 1, Folder 13

Osbourne, Lloyd1901

Box 1, Folder 13

O'Sullivan, J. M.1906

Box 1, Folder 15

Peet, Herbert1907

Box 1, Folder 15

Pemberton, Mary Elizabeth (Townley)1905

Box 1, Folder 15

Putnam, Frank Arthur1905-1906

Box 1, Folder 15

Robertson, Peter1906

Box 1, Folder 16

Savage, Anna Josephine (Scheible)1907

Box 1, Folder 16

Schribner's (Charles) Sons Publishers1907

Box 1, Folder 16

Spencer, Belle (Mrs. J. R. Spencer)1906-1907

Box 1, Folder 16

Sterling, George1906-1909

Box 1, Folder 16

Stoddard, Frederick1906

Box 1, Folder 17

Thayer, William Roscoe1905

Box 1, Folder 17

Twain, Mark1867

Scope and Content Note

typescript copy of letter made by Ina Coolbrith

Box 1, Folder 17

Unger, Frank L.1909

Box 1, Folder 18

Walter, Carrie (Stevens)1906-1907

Box 1, Folder 18

Watt, A. S. undated

Box 1, Folder 18

Wetmore, Charlesundated

Box 1, Folder 18

Whitaker, Herman1909

Box 1, Folder 18

Woodman, Walter1907

Box 1, Folder 19

Unidentified correspondents1908

Subseries 1.3
Letters about Stoddardcirca 1905-1909

Physical Description:
Box 1, folder 20

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Content Note

Contains letters discussing Stoddard.

Box 1, Folder 20

Aiken, Charles Sedgwick to William McMichael Woodworth1909 Dec 9

Box 1, Folder 20

Converse, Elizabeth to Ethel Armes1905

Box 1, Folder 20

Fennell, J. F. to Charles Phillips

Series 2
Writingscirca 1866-1909

Physical Description:
Boxes 2-4

Arrangement

Arranged into 2 subseries: Journals and notebooks; Manuscripts

Subseries 2.1
Journals and notebooks1866-1907

Physical Description:
Boxes 2-3

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Contains writings in journals and notebooks, some while Stoddard was away at school. Many of Stoddard's journals were given
titles by the author and a few of the journals were written in book dummies. Transcripts included for a few writings.

Box 2, Folder 1

"A Thought Book for the Free Disclosure of My Musings"circa 1866

Box 2, Folder 2

transcript (partial)circa 1866

Box 2, Folder 3-4

"School Days at Notre Dame"1885 April-October

Scope and Content Note

Only includes volumes 2-3.

Box 2, Folder 5

"Notes Wise, Unwise and Otherwise"1900-?

Scope and Content Note

In book dummy "Michael O'Donnell or the Fortunes of a Little Emigrant" by Mary E. Mannix.
ALSO AVAILABLE ON MICROFILM (BANC FILM 3026, reels 2-3)

Box 2, Folder 6

"A Life's Labyrinth"1901-1902

Scope and Content Note

In book dummy "A Life's Labyrinth" by Mary E. Mannix.

Box 2, Folder 7

typescript1901-1902

Box 3, Folder 1

"Island Heights: New Jersey"1901-1907

Box 3, Folder 2

"The Resurection [sic] and Life of Chas. Warren Stoddard"circa 1903

Scope and Content Note

In book dummy "A Royal Son and Mother" by the Baroness Pauline Von Hugel.

Box 3, Folder 3

typescript

Box 3, Folder 4

"My Zellons Journal"1904-1906

Box 3, Folder 5

untitled in Exercise book1905-1907

Scope and Content Note

ALSO AVAILABLE ON MICROFILM (BANC FILM 3026, reels 2-3).

Box 3, Folder 6-7

untitled (6 v.)circa 1906

Subseries 2.2
Manuscriptsundated

Physical Description:
Box 4, folders 1-13

Arrangement

Arranged hierarchically.

Scope and Content Note

Contains the manuscripts and typescripts of poems, a collection of poems put together by Ina Coolbrith following Stoddard's
death for a book, autobiography entitled "Confessions of a Reformed Poet" and other writings by Stoddard.